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Veteran Contracted to Repaint Army Humvees Notices Something Big About New Color

Can one glean much information from the color that military contractors are painting Army vehicles at Fort Hood in Texas?

Plenty — if you consider where vehicles of that color would come in handy.

According to a June 10 story in the San Antonio Express-News, a “rush job” ordered directly by a general indicates that not only is the military shifting its assets to either Eastern Europe or the Pacific, it might be doing so in a hurry.

Veteran Gary Pasley — a civil service contractor who was working with his partner David Stidham and a cadre of soldiers — was given just 19 days to repaint 49 military vehicles, including Humvees and medium tactical vehicles, in what the Express-News called “a basic olive drab” known as “woodland green,” which can serve as a primer paint for camouflage. (The camo, it’s worth noting, has yet to be applied.)

Fort Hood, however, has seen deployments to the Middle East and Afghanistan for some time now. We’re out of Afghanistan, but our forces are still heavily embedded in the Middle East. Still, Pasley said he sensed a shift in priorities from the color that was being chosen, away from what the Express-News called “the familiar desert tan.”

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3 thoughts on “Veteran Contracted to Repaint Army Humvees Notices Something Big About New Color”

  1. We have been assisting Ukraine for months AND been close by in other countries. Just getting our logistics ready for transport.

    Nothing new here…well maybe for the contracted individuals, who probably won’t be painting government vehicles in the near future.

    Never ever tell stories involving our military. It can give the enemy tactical advantage. We don’t need another 8 year term like before, when the President would get on TV and tell what was going to happen.

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